Hall of Fame
For Milena Stanoytcheva, the terms "scholar" and "athlete" were a perfect fit. Stanoytcheva, a native of Sofia, Bulgaria, became the only two-time, back-to-back number one women’s singles tennis champion in the history of the National Junior College Athletic Association when she played for ABAC in 1999 and 2000. She was also a Dean’s List student with a cumulative grade point average of 3.48 on a 4.0 scale. Stanoytcheva graduated from ABAC with a degree in business administration. Bolstered by her outstanding play, the Fillies finished second in the national tournament in 1999. Stanoytcheva transferred her tennis and academic skills to Clemson University where she was a first-team All-ACC selection in 2002 She went undefeated in conference play. She was also named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll when she was at Clemson. She passed away in an airplane crash in 2004.
